Down Beat (p.87) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Robinson's compositions manage to draw a straight line through bop, Duke Ellington, Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy straight into the modern day with acute-angle swing, blues bluster and memorable themes..."JazzTimes (p.58) - "This is an album that continues to reveal. Even 'The Twelfth Labor,' one of Robinson's sweeter efforts, twists and turns while staying grounded along the way."0.5850294

Magnet (4-5/99, p.74) - "...Prolific Boston guitarist Joe Morris...plays his axe like a sax, often winning favorable comparisons to the likes of reedmen such as Eric Dolphy or Jimmy Lyons..."The Wire (1/99, p.54) - "...succeeds through sustained collective improvisation....the players display a high level of shared understanding....generating a fluid continuum. Its radiance is that of dynamism...creating an integrated musical bio-system..."0.5850294

Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "By turns cerebral and visceral, THE NEW EMANCIPATION is an enthralling concoction that at times sounds like Eric Dolphy produced by Madlib."Uncut (magazine) (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Backed by a fluid guitar/bass/drums trio, his instrumentals are often stunning..."0.5850294

Down Beat (4/01, p.60) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Something of a catalog raisonne for Preston...showing what he can do twisting a standard around and delving a bit into his own compositional bag as well..."JazzTimes (5/01, p.177) - "...Revisits choice moments of weirdness and glory....Preston taps an ennui that Zappa obscured with flip artiness....The trio possess a cohesion borne of fluidity that is reminiscent of Paul Bley's '60 trios..."0.4158876

Down Beat (p.60) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "He shifts between horns as a way of changing expressive modes. There's a lot of quiet music here, but also lots of variety. The alto flute is meditative and calm."JazzTimes (pp.102-103) - "Maupin's an exciting player, and his intricate improvisations typically generate excitement -- not through hyperactivity but by an ingenious use of displaced rhythm."0.4158876